Mark Hamill To Revisit Luke Skywalker

George Lucas and Mark Hamill are working on a new Star Wars project. (Don't get too excited, though. It's not what you think.)

I just came across an article concerning George Lucas and Mark Hamill reuniting for a new Star Wars project. Unfortunately, this is not the sequel to the original trilogy which was discussed many years ago.

Instead, it is a special episode of the Cartoon Network's "Robot Chicken" series which will feature some of their past spoofs of Star Wars along with a new segment featuring Lucas and Hamill.

"Robot Chicken" is part of the Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim" lineup which airs late at night. The show is on Sundays at 11:30 PM (when new episodes air, anyhow) and if you're not familiar with it, the show consists of mostly short video clips which are made using "stop-motion" animation of action figures. The show has a really messed-up sense of humor and it is on my TiVo's list of Season Passes so I never miss an episode. On the show, they've skewered everything from Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang to superheroes to Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

One of the show's co-executive producers is Seth Green. Seth is probably best known as Scott Evil in the "Austin Powers" movies, but he also appeared in the early seasons of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer". He lends his voice to a number of characters on the show, but he also apparently calls in favors from friends and other celebrity fans of the show. I can't remember, however, if they used Mark Hamill before in previous Star Wars skits.

By the way, I also saw that George Lucas is going to be on an episode of "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" when Conan takes the show to San Francisco next week. (April 30 - May 4) My TiVo says Lucas is scheduled to be on next Tuesday night's episode.

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